Quantum Biology: Physics Tricks from Microbes, Slime and Flies

Maybe along the same lines...

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14546.The_Emperor_of_Scent

... not just the article... the 18 minute audio, too. It is a quick summary of the links to papers to the right, etc.

The supposed surprising finding is that quantum physics is behind processes in nature. I think it shouldn't be surprising. If quantum physics describes reality at it's lowest level, it means it is the underlying basis of matter. So why shouldn't all matter behave, ultimately, according to the rules (which we still don't fully understand). And the appearance would seem to be a "trickle-down" effect from the smallest to the largest.

The fruit fly experiment is interesting. If the response of smell is due to vibrational differences in molecules and not structural, which is how so many chemical reactions have been explained, it certainly does offer an invitation for looking at processes in nature from a different perspective. After all, the space-time continuum and curved space are concepts that were/are revolutionary. It is likely to be so, in future descriptions of reality. String theory may be part of the next revolution. The challenge is proving it.

In fact this is not really news - I remember seeing similar work published several years ago. It's a fascinating field, I must say!